Grass fire temporarily displaces residents of Kamloops mobile park

A brush fire near a trailer park in Kamloops left residents temporarily displaced overnight.

Kamloops RCMP and B.C. Wildfire Service crews were battling the blaze behind Country View Estates Mobile Home Park on Shuswap Road after receiving reports of the fire at about 9 p.m., police said in a news release.

As a precaution residents were evacuated “as a precaution,” police said, but were allowed to return once the fire was under control.